thoughts of food

Saving the Cavendish banana.

The bananas we know and love were not always the top banana in the market. A disease wiped out their top competitor the Gros Michel, leaving them in pole position. Now there’s a disease coming for the Cavendish. “After earlier […]

thoughts of food

Big Milk’s war to win Gen Z.

“In a new ad for Big Dairy, Aubrey Plaza promotes fake “Wood Milk.” But the dairy industry’s latest attempt to win over the youths has backfired—big time.” ~ learn more

thoughts of food

10 deceiving new names for high-fructose corn syrup.

“Take General Mills’ Vanilla Chex, for example. It’s an updated version of the Chex cereal sold in most conventional grocery stores, and the front of the new box states that the product contains “no high fructose corn syrup.” However, if […]

thoughts of food

14 vegetables that are actually fruits.

I can never get enough of this. Peas are on the list. Peas! “Technically, peas aren’t the fruit here, but the pods are. That’s because they contain the seeds — the peas — that the plant uses to reproduce.” ~ learn more